0101010010100100101000101010 ....translation enacted.. that's better. My name is Cobra, I hail from another universe, unfortunately our sun is in it's final stages of going super-nova and we can't save it. So we are coming here.
Our major problem is based on the fact that we come from a lawless universe and could kill at will. We needed no provocation, and no reason, we are trying to take in your customs whole heartedly but it seems our technology is not as advanced. So we are in great need of assistance in decoding your public data banks. We respect the iconic position your universe holds in the Freelancer community and want nothing more than a harmonious transition. So I must ask these... what may seem uneducated questions to some but my brown eyes are now blue from reading these data logs.
OOC.. Ok i'll never get this done this way so let get this party started. The clan I speak of is TR|AD. Some of the people on this server that we have ran off of other servers waist no time in telling us that TR|AD's "if we can't hump we kill it style of play is not going to fly here. I have 15 guys I can't put in uniform because we can't pick a faction that suits our needs (not even close). The wrong move at this point will end up with us all being banned in a few weeks. We have members that have scoped out this server for months trying to learn your ways and rules. Seems they have relaxed on their aggression, and the frequent bans have put the fear of God in them, all they can do is tell us what we can't do on this server.
So at any rate, I have the following dynamics and variables. I'm asking you guys to come up with some formated RP that you would create if you where in our shoes. I'll need the pro's and con's, available ships and systems from you guys.
1. 15 members we can get more if we need to.
2. Skill levels range from advanced to Elite, we don't do noobs
3. We have no rules nor do we have a leader. Our average age is 35 years old, we enjoy the fact that the topic of what someone just pulled from between their toes has no place on our teamspeak. Any of us could run a clan and most of us have. Just consider us a clan leaders retirement home. The clan it's self is 17 years old.
4. Many of my brothers are simply maniacs, they would kill their own traders if they could and giggle. So we need to be able to fight as often as possible. On other servers we are commonly pirates, but we are open to any faction that suites us no matter the opposition.
5. We want access to all hot spots such as Sigma-13, New Berlin, or any high value trade route.
6. We want access to the good fighters and bombers. we're not really worried about battleships as we would rather blow them up. We want the best ships to do that with.
7. We move in packs of 5 or more, the clan is broken up in wings based on time zones. that ensures a constant presence and the ability to employ tactics.
8. Are we recruiting, selectively yes for all servers.
I know this is a tall order but there is no place on the forums that discusses the factions, weapons, their effective range and the logic behind the faction in a centralized location and I'm sure that the more cooperation we get on this thread the more we can just point to it rather than discussing the same thing over and over.
FORMAT:
Faction:
Effective Range:
Best Ships:
Best Weapons:
Your logic behind your suggestion:
Thank you for any cooperation...01010010010101001 TR|AD out...
We are taking great care to keep a low profile until we can get in uniform. 8 of us where on for hours discussing factions while trading, we just couldn't break it down and come to a general decision. But thank you for the link I will be headed there right now.
First of all, Welcome to Discovery. I believe it would be a good move for you guys to directly contact the admins if you really plan bringing that many people to the server and don't plan to join the existing factions, but actually start a new one.
Things like, what faction to choose, and minor things like, what ships to fly and weapons to use, you can work out later. I really want to give you my welcome and point you to the right thing to do. I've only been here for a couple of months or so, but I've already seen not a few "imported" faction/clan things go awry.
You see, when people come and join the factions that already exist, they work with the server's style and join its way of playing. When people come already "factionized" from outside, they tend to also import and impose their way of playing. Not that I'm saying it's your particular case, but it wouldn't hurt to work out this if you're really interested in a pleasant transition for you guys.
Anyway, hope this works out for you and for us in the best way possible.
Naa bro we have no problem falling into a premade faction based off freelancer.. we want no special treatment... We just want to be able to fight, as often as possible. Now if that means cutting off trade routes, or invading territories it don't matter. If there is some abandoned faction that we could fall into that would be acceptable too.. We just need to know which ones. We know this is no easy task as our brother clan DTA didn't fair well here because they couldn't adapt to people telling them when they couldn't and could kill. We're even known to tax other pirates, so we're open to all suggestions.
The areas you want to control must fall under a pirate faction, I think both the Corsairs and the Outcasts have Sirius-wide influence on many many territories, but both already have a plethora of factions to choose from.
Since the most active military force is the RM, you might consider being Hessians or perhaps Bundschuh? Both sigma 13 and NB (around the Rheinland area) are accessible by these NPC factions. Besides, the [RM] faction remain unbroken, even after the failed Corsair invasion last year. (translation: We got it handed to us..:P)
As the RM remain unbroken, and consist of a fair share of veterans whom you want to fight, I would advise you to choose a pirate faction in Rheinland.
Beware the rules though, they are pretty strict on the "fighting" aspect of Freelancer, to make it seem more realistic. So I think you're gonna have to get your guys to calm down a bit on the fighting edge of the sword. Dont worry though, the RP actually makes this place more fun than the PvP, but they are both needed in balance...
McNeo the fact that there are so many Corsairs and Outcast is why we have not chosen those factions. Red Hessian is a viable option and will be looked into so we have 1 to really consider thank you. The previous post seems to associate clans with factions. I hope he's not suggestion we join some other clan..because we won't.
oooo red hessians would be sweet....you have custom ships already and that is a faction that needs to be around....plus you get to fight lawfuls (RM) and unlawfuls (Corsairs).
Yeh man i was on that link reading about the red hessions.. and i think my guys would fit right in there.. what ships do we have access to... thats what I couldn't find